diff --git a/cmd/nfd-topology-updater/main.go b/cmd/nfd-topology-updater/main.go
index 1aa126097..db80d1138 100644
--- a/cmd/nfd-topology-updater/main.go
+++ b/cmd/nfd-topology-updater/main.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	klConfig, err := kubeconf.GetKubeletConfigFromLocalFile(resourcemonitorArgs.KubeletConfigFile)
 	if err != nil {
-		klog.Fatalf("error reading kubelet config: %v", err)
+		klog.Exitf("error reading kubelet config: %v", err)
 	}
 	tmPolicy := string(topologypolicy.DetectTopologyPolicy(klConfig.TopologyManagerPolicy, klConfig.TopologyManagerScope))
 	klog.Infof("detected kubelet Topology Manager policy %q", tmPolicy)
diff --git a/pkg/nfd-client/topology-updater/nfd-topology-updater.go b/pkg/nfd-client/topology-updater/nfd-topology-updater.go
index 15c3ff433..d2293cb18 100644
--- a/pkg/nfd-client/topology-updater/nfd-topology-updater.go
+++ b/pkg/nfd-client/topology-updater/nfd-topology-updater.go
@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@ func (w *nfdTopologyUpdater) Run() error {
 
 	podResClient, err := podres.GetPodResClient(w.resourcemonitorArgs.PodResourceSocketPath)
 	if err != nil {
-		klog.Fatalf("failed to get PodResource Client: %w", err)
-		return err
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get PodResource Client: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	kubeApihelper := apihelper.K8sHelpers{Kubeconfig: w.args.KubeConfigFile}
@@ -97,8 +96,7 @@ func (w *nfdTopologyUpdater) Run() error {
 
 	resScan, err = resourcemonitor.NewPodResourcesScanner(w.resourcemonitorArgs.Namespace, podResClient, kubeApihelper)
 	if err != nil {
-		klog.Fatalf("failed to initialize ResourceMonitor instance: %w", err)
-		return err
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to initialize ResourceMonitor instance: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	// CAUTION: these resources are expected to change rarely - if ever.
@@ -109,8 +107,7 @@ func (w *nfdTopologyUpdater) Run() error {
 
 	resAggr, err := resourcemonitor.NewResourcesAggregator(podResClient)
 	if err != nil {
-		klog.Fatalf("failed to obtain node resource information: %w", err)
-		return err
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to obtain node resource information: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	klog.V(2).Infof("resAggr is: %v\n", resAggr)
diff --git a/pkg/resourcemonitor/noderesourcesaggregator.go b/pkg/resourcemonitor/noderesourcesaggregator.go
index edb5d0703..50187716b 100644
--- a/pkg/resourcemonitor/noderesourcesaggregator.go
+++ b/pkg/resourcemonitor/noderesourcesaggregator.go
@@ -75,7 +75,14 @@ func NewResourcesAggregator(podResourceClient podresourcesapi.PodResourcesLister
 	// Pod Resource API client
 	resp, err := podResourceClient.GetAllocatableResources(ctx, &podresourcesapi.AllocatableResourcesRequest{})
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't receive response: %v.Get(_) = _, %w", podResourceClient, err)
+		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "API GetAllocatableResources disabled") {
+			klog.Error("Kubelet's pod resources 'GetAllocatableResources' functionality is disabled. " +
+				"Ensure feature flag 'KubeletPodResourcesGetAllocatable' is set to true. " +
+				"You can find more about the feature gates from the following URL - " +
+				"https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/feature-gates/")
+		}
+
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get allocatable resources (ensure that KubeletPodResourcesGetAllocatable feature gate is enabled): %w", err)
 	}
 
 	return NewResourcesAggregatorFromData(topo, resp, memoryResourcesCapacityPerNUMA), nil